Peter spohn van wagner



P. s. VAN WAGNER.

Hold Back.

Patented-NW. l6, 1869.

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PETER SPOHN VAN WAGNER, OF SALT-FLEET TOWNSHIP, CANADA.

Letters Patent No. 96,851, dated November 16, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT m HoLnBAcKron OARRIAGEJI'HILLS;

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, PETER SPOHN VAN WAGNER, of the'township of Saltfleet, in the county of Wentworth, in Canada, have inventeda new and useful Improvement inwhat is called the Holdback for Carriage-Thins, Shafts, or Poles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and 'to the letters of' reference marked thereon.

-Figure 1, A, and Figure 2, A, represent a portion of a thill or shaft, on which is fastened the holdback, by

means of screws or other suitable fastening.

B represents a chamber, made of malleable castiron, or other suitable metalfwhich is secured to the v thill or shaft by screws H H.

0 Ba spring, secured by means of a screw or rivet,-

at one end, and presses on a tumbler, D, which works on a pin, I, backward and forward.

G represents a hook, which projects forward from the-top of the chamber B.

E .is a metal ring, attachedto the breeching-strap F.

The tumbler D rotates on the pin I, and allows the nngE to' have free play both ways, without becoming disarranged.

The spring 0 always keeps the tuuibler closed or open, as the case may be.

The ring E, attached to breeching-strap 1*, 'enters at the hook G, and a slight backward movement fastens it securely, and, when necessary, a forward movement easily releases it.

J is a small semicircular opening, to allow any water that may lodge in the inside to escape.

One side of the tumbler D is rounded a little, so as to admit the ring more easily than when it is being released.

The spring 0 may be used either'in the manner shown on fig. 1 or fig. 2, that is, disclosed to View or concealed, as may be deemed best.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The holdback B B, made of malleable cast-iron, .or other suitable metal, containing a spring, 0, tumbler D, hook G, as above described, applicable to any purpose for which it may be used. I

P. S, VAN WAGNER.

\Vitncsscs J W. FUGUSON, W. BRUCE. 

